Alert residents in rural north India caught several trucks dumping colourful small packets at a vacant land on December 26. <br /><br />When the villagers, from Sohramau village near Unnao, Uttar Pradesh, investigated they were baffled to discover that the cargo was thousands of unopened condoms. <br /><br />The workers, who were dumping the condoms, did not have a clear explanation as to why they were dumping them. <br /><br />Reportedly one worker said they had been sent by a company to dispose the condoms, another said the condoms had come from the government. <br /><br />On getting the information local police went to the spot and seized the condoms. Sub-Divisional Magistrate Pradeep Kumar has ordered an enquiry into the incident. <br /><br />An official commented the condoms were probably meant to be distributed free to the poor as part of a government population control programme. <br /><br />“Someone failed to distribute them and was trying to get rid of them on the sly. They would have probably buried the condoms or burnt them in a nearby brick kiln,” he added.
